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- Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:26 pm
- Forum: Brakes, Wheels & Suspension Area
- Topic: Another question about Tonys brakes...
- Replies: 2
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- Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:18 pm
- Forum: Brakes, Wheels & Suspension Area
- Topic: Rear caliper clearance - help please!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13287
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:01 pm
- Forum: Brakes, Wheels & Suspension Area
- Topic: Another question about Tonys brakes...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9974
Another question about Tonys brakes...
Hi mate, I'm getting the same setup and although its a bit last minute, I wondered if the track is altered at all? by this I mean does the bolting face move inward or outward at all, front or rear? Reason I ask is I'm having 15" splitrims made for this car and whilst I had decided on offsets for a s...
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:39 pm
- Forum: Brakes, Wheels & Suspension Area
- Topic: Rear caliper clearance - help please!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13287
- Sat Mar 06, 2010 11:35 am
- Forum: Brakes, Wheels & Suspension Area
- Topic: Rear caliper clearance - help please!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13287
A trip to Caprisport eh? what are you doing to it now Tony? Cheers mate :wink: btw - your car always had a 2.0 servo I guess... are you running the landrover master cylinder? ...I got a 2.0 servo off the bay the other day but I'm sure its not in very good nick... you can barely push the thing back a...
- Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:58 am
- Forum: Your Garage Scene
- Topic: My mixed up capri!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17434
Well the cars all over the place at the moment :) engines in bits being fully balanced and rebuilt in nottingham, shells at a body shop where its been for nearly a year since I fully baremetaled it inside out last year :lol: meant to be getting everything back here and ready to rebuild in a few week...
- Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:51 am
- Forum: Exhaust, Cylinder Heads, Fuel And Intake Area
- Topic: performance parts for my 2.8 rebuild
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10183
- Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:33 am
- Forum: Brakes, Wheels & Suspension Area
- Topic: Rear caliper clearance - help please!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13287
Rear caliper clearance - help please!
Hi guys - longtime no see - I actualy forgot I was a member here and my username lol had to look meself up in the memberlist :oops: aanyway, bit of background to the question. I plan on joining Caprisport and getting the Brembo front / cosworth rear conversions. Ive got 15" split rims on order with ...
- Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:25 pm
- Forum: Exhaust, Cylinder Heads, Fuel And Intake Area
- Topic: performance parts for my 2.8 rebuild
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10183
performance parts for my 2.8 rebuild
I'm building a 2.8 turbo and looking for strong valve springs, big stainless valves and a SIMPLE performance head gasket solution - maybe composite?
- Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:07 pm
- Forum: Steering Area
- Topic: peugot electric powersteering conversion
- Replies: 2
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peugot electric powersteering conversion
I have the std powersteering all 2.8 do but its a bit leeky and knotchy and the assistance is pretty week at parking speed - so, I want this lightweight, clean, simple electric setup i hear new cars have, and no shit looking p/s pump too. Seem to remember someone (god know who when or where) saying ...
- Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:16 pm
- Forum: Brakes, Wheels & Suspension Area
- Topic: Front camber adjustment and spacers
- Replies: 3
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- Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:09 pm
- Forum: Brakes, Wheels & Suspension Area
- Topic: Front camber adjustment and spacers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11557
Front camber adjustment and spacers
I like the sound of reduced understear, and not knocking the out side corners off my tyres in 6 months but what are the pitfalls and hows it done properly? what might it cost on a 2.8i? would it widen the track? Also, are any type of spacers ok? (if i needed them to widen the back to match) I see in...
- Tue May 27, 2008 11:50 pm
- Forum: Your Garage Scene
- Topic: My mixed up capri!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17434
Cheers mate - I could do with that as far the the awful damp weather were having here is concerned...need warm dry conditions for this kinda stuff :roll: Ive got metal i can't paint for fear of trapping moisture in. If it don't dry out and warm up in a few days I will have to start running a dehumid...
- Mon May 26, 2008 1:30 pm
- Forum: Your Garage Scene
- Topic: My mixed up capri!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17434
It worked ok on areas that realy need stripping but it has this characteristic of not being able to remove good sound underseal from sound, shiny metal. This is good realy, as I'm not trying to create more work than neeeded :) I think I'll use ferrozinc and a coat of zinc/galv primer on the bare met...
- Sun May 25, 2008 9:36 pm
- Forum: Your Garage Scene
- Topic: My mixed up capri!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17434
My mixed up capri!
I'm rebuilding a mk3! Its an 83/4 2.8 shell, its got an 86 2.8 special engine gearbox and axle and most of what I'm putting on it when its done is mk1 or mk2 :lol: Anyway, Ive been gritblasting it today :) http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn142/Janspeedcapri/capri1.jpg It took a 2 tool road compre...